A star paper 2 revision

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Last minute Paper 2 Revision!
The advise ON THE PAPER!!
Pick out the KEY words from their instructions
Back ground information- it’s there
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1. Study source A
What is the message of this source? Use details of the source
and your knowledge to explain your answer [6]
Examiner’s comments
Candidates received high marks for the traditional route of
identifying the main message (that the pension might have
been small but the poor were very grateful for it and
supporting that with it’s context).
 An alternative was to recognise that the cartoon had a
political dimension and that a further message of the
cartoonist was that the Liberal Party was criticising the
wealthy generally, and that the Conservatives in particular for
their opposition to the Old Age Pension. And the cartoon
would generate support for the Liberals.
 This approach would go straight to level for as it is more
sophisticated.
 Answers needed to make the point that 5 shillings was not a
great deal but that it made all the difference. (contextual
knowledge!)
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2. Study sources B and C
Why do these two sources give such different views about
the impact of old age pensions? Use details of the sources
and your knowledge to explain your answer [8]
Examiner’s comments
Candidates tended to accept each source
at face value and explain how they
differed rather than why they differed.
 Sources MUST be compared
 Comparison must be explicit.
 Candidates who reached level 4 used
words like ‘whereas’ and ‘in contrast’.
 Comparison MUST be linked to the issue
in the question
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A 7/8 mark answer
Both Sources B and C give different viewpoints on the
pensions scheme. Flora Thompson in Source B tells us that
the old age pensions ‘transformed the lives of old people in
the village’. Thompson tells us that the old people were no
longer worried and that they were rich and independent for
life. Jospeh Clynes, however, in Source C takes a more critical
approach. He seems to go against what the pensioners in
Source B thought about Lloyd George being blessed and
says the only reason he brought in pensions was because of
pressure from the Labour Party. He also says the pensions
did not go far enough. Clynes is obviously criticising the
pensions because he is from the rival Labour Party. He
wants Labour to get all the credit for old age pensions
because they are so popular and he is attacking the Liberals
when he says that the measures did not go far enough.
What would make it 8 marks?
3. Study source D.
Does this source prove that Lloyd George was popular? Use
details of the source and your knowledge to explain your
answer [8]
Examiner’s comments
Candidates used other sources to cross
reference effectively in this question.
 The most enterprising candidates
produced balanced answers which used
detail from the source and cross
reference to other sources and
contextual knowledge.
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Full Mark Answer
I think on face value Source D does make Lloyd George look
popular. He is clutching a bundle of flowers and shaking
the hands of elderly ladies. He was obviously very popular
with old age pensioners after the introduction of the act
and in Source B we learn that pensioners were saying
things like ‘God bless Lloyd George’.
On the other hand there are only three women here. Also it
is a Liberal party rally so the photograph was showing
Liberal supporters. We also know that Lloyd George was
unpopular with many people, especially the more wealthy
who had to pay the taxes in Lloyd George’s 1909 People’s
Budget to pay for the pensions. Later on we also know
that Suffragettes firebombed his house for not doing
enough to support votes for women.
4. Study sources E and F
Which of these sources is more useful as evidence about the
success of the Liberal reforms? Use the details of the sources
and your knowledge to explain your answer [9]
Examiner’s comments
A substantial number of candidates misread
the source- missing that the workers in
source F were locked out because of strikes,
not unemployed.
 Use the word ‘useful’
 Remember you’re assessing ‘useful’ for a
particular issue- don’t write a generic
answer.
 Where candidates reached top levels it was
usually by using contextual knowledge to
argue that Source E was trustworthy and to
question the tone and purpose of Source F.
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5. Study Source G
Why was this source published in 1911?
Use details of the source and your
knowledge to explain your answer [7]
Examiner’s comments
Successful candidates explained the
message of the source and asserted it’s
purpose with development.
 Must use contextual knowledge to
explain purpose
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6 Study ALL the sources A-H
‘People welcomed the Liberal Welfare Reforms’.
How far do the sources in this paper support this statement? Use
details of the sources and your knowledge to explain your answer.
Remember to identify the sources you use. [12]
Examiner’s comments
Candidates need to address both sides of
the argument.
 You need to consider how far the sources
support the view- this brings in evaluation
of the weight of the sources as evidence
and your contextual knowledge
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